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So as some of you know i rebuild axles. Been doing them for a few years now, not only do i enjoy doing them (sad i know) but enjoy hearing the storys. Id thought id comprise a list of the worst axles ive done. Feel free to add your own pics etc.
1) Sian
2) Sian 
3) fooby
4) connor
5) rowell
These are my top 5 and these had to have other parts used to make them useable again.
Just thought this would make for a good giggle
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hope I can avoid joining that list 
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Toms ZX beam? Heard you said it was bad
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Can't beat a bit of cambaaaaah!
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So cambered it had worn though the arch liners and was seized solid.
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05-05-2016, 09:16 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-05-2016, 09:17 PM by Poodle.)
I should have taken a pic of the beam on my latest estate, had totally collapsed and seized in a similar position to Ben's, couldn't get either of the mount bolts out. 
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think its time mine had a rebuild
Starting to get some serious wear on the inside of my tyres
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Only 5th... That's disappointing....
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And I thought my old beam was bad, Ben's takes it to the next level.
I've a pic somewhere of a beam in a scrappy with 20mm spacers and it still wore the arch liner
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(05-05-2016, 09:52 PM)Eeyore Wrote: Only 5th... That's disappointing....
I reckon the one on your old estate would have got a special mention for free play, i could move the trailing arm about 2" with one hand!
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I'm offended to be so low, are you thinking of the beam you actually refurbished for me? Or that one that was still on my car?
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Jesus how did I make that twice
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my donor zx didn't have any more camber than it should have, but was seized enough for a shaft to come out of the arm!
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(05-05-2016, 08:39 PM)Ben_w Wrote: Can't beat a bit of cambaaaaah!
So cambered it had worn though the arch liners and was seized solid.
Impressive!
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Pah my hdi axle was way worse than that. Was rubbing paint off the arch at the slightest whiff of a corner. Threw it straight into a skip.
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If we are having a compition here when i picked up my old blue esate a couple of years ago it had 10mm spacers on and was still scrapping the archs lol
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My car's been sat for 10 months facing downward on an incline. No camber as of yet but um yep I don't have great hopes for the beam I doubt it's had any maintenance ever at 51k miles
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